LIFE LESSON'S - #2

You are not what happened to you in the past. – No matter how chaotic the past has been, the future is a clean, fresh, wide open slate. You are not your past habits. You are not your past failures. You are not how others have at one time treated you. You are only who you think you are right now in this moment. You are only what you do right now in this moment.

Life is interesting. Think back to when you were a kid and what you wanted to be when you grew up. Did you ever think of where you wanted to be and what you wanted to accomplish by the age you are now? Of course, when you're a kid, anything over twenty seemed to be pretty dang old. Now, raise of hands, who has accomplished everything they set out to? I don't think many of us have. I know I haven't. In fact, I'm FAR from where I thought I would be at the ripe ol' age of 31. Of course, there's still time. Well, unless you're one of the one's that thinks the world will come to an end in December. And then, well, I guess it sucks to be you! Anyway, moving on, I have a lot of things I'd like to accomplish this year. Some might call them goals, others aspirations. Me? I'd like to call them completed or in progress. For instance, I REALLY would love to go back to school. I'm one of the one's that had a past school "failure." I dropped out when it came time to really decide on a major. I thought I would take a little time off, nanny for a while and see what was out there and what interested me. Then of course I would go back, finish school, make tons of money and live the dream life. Um, yeah. Actually, I can't really complain too much. Due to the nanny thing, I met my best friend and love of my life. I've also had so many adventures with this great man I KNOW I wouldn't have had otherwise. So,what's holding me back now? I STILL don't know what I want to be when I grow up! I told the Bubs if I was going to go back, I want to do something I LIKE. Why waste the money otherwise? I know what I'm good at, but that doesn't necessarily go hand in hand with what I like. Of course, what I like doesn't really go hand in hand with money. Sigh. But, finishing school is something that would give me a huge sense of accomplishment. So, here's to finding myself in the here and now! ;)